News from 2017
Supreme Court upholds lower court’s decision in lawsuit against Mercer school board
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a decision made by Mercer Circuit Court in a lawsuit against the board of education for defamation.
Man sues SWN Production Company for breach of contract
WHEELING – A man is suing SWN Production Company after he claims it breached its contract with him.
Supreme Court suspends former Braxton prosecuting attorney’s law license
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has suspended the former Braxton County prosecuting attorney’s law license for three years.
Man sues Chase Bank for breach of contract
WHEELING – A man is suing JPMorgan Chase Bank after he claims it breached its contract with him by failing to apply loan payments and failing to give him a modification on his loan.
Woman says insurer failed to pay claim after 2012 derecho
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing American National Property & Casualty Company after she claims it failed to pay a home insurance claim after the 2012 derecho.
Supreme Court annuls attorney’s law license
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued an order annulling the law license of an attorney.
Morrisey takes faith-based program to fight opioids to Northern Panhandle
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's faith-based initiative aimed at empowering religious groups across the Mountain State in the fight against substance abuse will travel to the Northern Panhandle next week.
Star Plastics employee seeks damages after losing hand in workplace accident
RIPLEY – A Jackson County woman is seeking damages after her hand had to be amputated because of a workplace accident in Millwood.
American Express seeks more than $40,000 from Kanawha County man
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man is alleged to have defaulted on a credit card account.
Widow alleges metal object left by Tolsia Lumber near roadway caused husband's death
WAYNE – A Pritchard widow alleges that a metal object left by a Fort Gay saw mill operator near a highway caused the death of her husband.
Man says Garlow Insurance failed to procure policy for rental property
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man alleges that an insurance agency failed to procure a property insurance policy for his rental property.
A.D. Transport Express seeks damages from Hutch's Wrecker Service over collision recovery
FAYETTEVILLE – A Handley towing company is alleged to have caused the loss of cargo and a tractor-trailer because of its delay in recovering the equipment.
Woman says River City Ford didn't disclose vehicle was previously damaged
WAYNE – A Kentucky woman alleges a West Virginia car dealer failed to disclose that the vehicle she purchased had previously been in an accident.
Woman sues Wayne County school board over damage caused by buses
WAYNE – A Kenova woman claims that bus drivers for the Wayne County Board of Education have damaged her property.
Shops of Kanawha alleged to have failed to maintain sidewalk
CHARLESTON – A woman alleges an uneven sidewalk at the Shops at Kanawha caused her to fall.
Customer claims rim on Cobalt air compressor was defective, caused injuries
CHARLESTON – A Cabin Creek man alleges he was injured by an air compressor he purchased at Lowe's.
Arbitrator: Authority to cease publication of Daily Mail 'did not exist'
CHARLESTON – A federal arbitrator’s nearly $4 million ruling sheds more light on how Charleston became a one-newspaper town. In his filing, Arbitrator Edward D. McDevitt of Charleston provides some details about what happened internally at Charleston Newspapers when executives were deciding to shut down the Charleston Daily Mail and merge it with the Charleston Gazette. In closing his 16-page order, McDevitt writes that a newspaper expert used by Charleston Newspapers determined that the authority to cease publication of the Charleston Daily Mail “did not exist.”
Judge orders state board to approve school system’s consolidation plan
CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Judge Louis “Duke” Bloom has ordered the West Virginia Board of Education to either give conditional approval to the Nicholas County Board of Education’s school consolidation plan or for it to post a bond in the amount of $130 million to cover federal funds on the line with FEMA.
Supreme Court upholds order allowing Westover to annex Morgantown Mall
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has voted to uphold a lower court’s decision to allow the City of Westover to annex the Morgantown Mall.
Supreme Court temporarily suspends attorney’s law license
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has temporarily suspended the law license of a Charleston attorney for three months.